June 22 and 23

Monday was a hectic day.  Larry went to the office early because a truck was supposed to come and pick up several cars that have been sold to a dealer.  He didn't go to Weight Watchers with me because he thought he might come but he did not come all day.  These trucks have really been flaky this time.  They call and say they are coming and then do not show up.

I went to Weight Watchers, I have not been in three weeks because Mondays have been so busy with buying the new car and last week I don't remember.  I had only gained a half pound but that was still more than I needed.  I know we need to exercise more but it is hard finding the time.

I spent the afternoon calling all of the missionaries or emailing them that have not sent anything about bikes and driving information to the mission.  I was able to get hold of many of them and get things moving before they go into the MTC tomorrow.  I still have three that I have not been able to contact.  I get frustrated because it says on the papers we send them that it needs to be in before they come and consistently we have Elders or Sisters that decide that they will buy their bike when they get here or do something else.  They do not understand that the mission starts the day they come and they need their equipment on day one.
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We came home from the mission office about 6:00 p.m. and Larry fixed a yummy dinner of barbecue chicken and harracho beans with fruit and soda.  We even had ice cream for dessert.  It was one of the best dinners we have had at home for a while.

After dinner we read scriptures and said our prayers and it was only 9:00 p.m. so I stayed up for a while to work on the blog and get it caught up.  Larry went to sleep and seemed really tired more so than usual.  I had been working for about 45 minutes when all of a sudden I hear a shout from our bedroom. At first I was going to ignore it but then I decided I better go and see if Larry was okay.  He was having horrible pains in the right side of his right foot.  He thinks that they are a new area for neuropathy.  They did not quit so I asked him if he wanted to go to the emergency room because they were on a scale of 10 he said.  At first he said no and wanted some ibprofen but we did no have any so I gave him one of my taramadol.  He finally decided about 10 minutes later that he wanted to go to the emergency room at the VA Hospital.  So we both got dressed and I drove him to the VA.  He checked in and did not feel good when we got there but eventually the tramadol took effect and his foot felt fine so after an hour and a half of waiting at the ER with no help he told them we were going home and we went home and he slept like a baby all night.

The Assistants; Elder Hatch, Elder Calley, with Elder Antuar, Sister Antuar

Today, Tuesday, we were a little late for the office because he stopped at CVS to get some ibuprofen just in case he needed it because it started to hurt again just before we left although he felt like driving this morning.  I gave him another tramadol before we left and that helped but he ended up needing to take the ibuprofen about 11:00 p.m.  He had the Assistants that were at the office give him a blessing and that helped to comfort him but the pain did not completely go away until tonight at the temple.

We had a meeting with President Slaughter today about the Ipad implementation when we first got to the office.  We are going to start planning with Ipads on July 13th after we teach all the missionaries how to do the planning at various meetings.  It is kind of fun to be on the implementation of these.

Elder Presser, Sister Presser, Elder Antuar, Sister Antuar, Sister Slaughter, President Slaughter

The Antuars the Senior Couple from Austratlia went home today.  It has been so good to know them and I will truly miss them.  they came into the office about 12:00 p.m to turn in their car and be taken to the airport.

Larry had to take out a tiwi and then put in the same tiwi into a new car today.  He was pretty hot when he got in from doing that.  It has been raining a lot in San Antonio as mother nature makes up for the drought they have been in the last several years.  It is almost like living in Seattle would be.  Cloudy a lot of days and humid.  One good thing about it is my hair is really curling.

I promised Maggie I would take her to McDonald's today to get some French Fries because we couldn't go get any on Sunday because we don't purchase things on the Sabbath.  I made arrangements with Sara and went and got her at noon.  We had a good time. She ordered a Happy Meal and a fudge sundae.  When the sundae came she ate two bites and said she was full.  So I ate her sundae.  After a few minutes she said, I really want some more French Fries so I bought her some French Fries and she ate them all.  We had a good time but it was a 19 point lunch for me with the sundae.  I also laughed because she said she likes our new car because it smells good.

My cute Maggie and me

Kirsten called a couple of times to talk to me today so I had a good talk with her.

Nathan and his boys are at Cub Scout Day camp this week. Teresa Johnson is driving his van for him she is the Webelos leader in the den.  They are both in the Cub Scouts leadership.  Sara is also going three days to help.  They have actually been very cooperative with each other so far about rides to and from and lunches.

Tonight we went to the temple for the 6:30 p.m. session.  It was a full session.  I saw Nikki Vincent Reid, Carol Vincent's daughter there in the session. She and her husband were the witness couple. It was the first time I have seen her since they live in Vernal 30 years ago. She looked good.

After I called Carol and made arrangements with her to go to dinner with her and Bob next Thursday.

Well it is 11:10 so I better so to bed.